David Phelps

After graduating from Humboldt State University with a BA David moved to Norman, Oklahoma in 1980 to attend graduate school and received his MFA in sculpture in 1984. He was awarded a regional NEA Fellowship in 1985 and a six-month residency in the Kohler Arts/Industry program in Wisconsin in 1987. After finishing at Kohler, he was awarded his first large-scale commission from Triad Development Co. in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has been creating both large and small bronze sculptures ever since.

Some notable private collectors of his work are Burt Reynolds; Connie Sellecca and John Tesh; as well as Barbie Benton and her husband George Gradow. His works are represented in many other public and private collections across the United States, as well as in Europe, Canada, Mexico, and South America.

David shares his life with his wife Patty Phelps. His daughter Sarah teaches Spanish at a Daycare in Norman. When not spending time with Patty or working in the studio, David can usually be found riding his old motorcycle, practicing yoga or rollerblading around Lake Hefner.

“The imagery of my figurative bronze sculpture is rooted in my early years growing up on the family farm on Roberts Island in the California Delta. Surrounded by water and threatened by drought I was unknowingly developing my lifelong aesthetic foundation. My figurative bronzes, ranging up to three times life-size, appear to emerge from the ground. They are serenely contemplative, and each piece is imbued with a dry, subtle sense of humor.”

David Lawrence Phelps

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